Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-27

noon.
THE Eighth ward engine house needs a
new floor badly.
TIE marks on the landing last evening
indicated Is feet and falling.
dead TO THE WORLD" at the Grand
Opera House matinee this afternoon.
OVER one hundred applications for il
censes have been received at the Clerks
Office.
A NEW floor has been put on the Market
street bridge over the creek, eommenda-
BILE improvement.
RESERVED seats for Shadows Of a
Great City" will 20 on sale at Banners
music store, this morning.
THE Mayfiower Social will give a select
hop at Westwood's Hall, Friday evening.
Mayors Orchestra win furnish the music
THE bids for work upon the county
roads viii be opened at the office OF the
Board of Commissioners at 10 o'clock this
morning.
"WHY is it." said an Eighth ward gen.
tleman, yesterday, "that while we have
the largest ward in the city, We have nc
fire engine?" Why?
BEN MCLAUGHLIN's eolored jubilee
singers will give a concert at City
Hall, Bellaire, next Saturday evening,
for the Martins Ferry and st. Gainesville
sufferers.
A SMALL blaze in the roof of John G.
Hoffman,, Sr.'s residence on South Chap,
line street, yesterday about noon, called
cut the department, but the flames were
extinguished with little damage.
THE Windsor Athletic club has chal
lenged the South Side Singing Society clut
to a game of base ball and was accepted.
The game will take place Saturday after
noon on the Eighth ward commons.
The Minerva Literary Society of the Fe'
male College will hold an open session IL
the college auditorium, Friday evening
commencing at 8 o'clock. A splendid pro
gramme has been arranged and of course
will be rendered in excellent style.
THE Arion Society will give a grand
concert and ball at their club house, corner
of Twentieth and Main streets, this even
ing, and a delightful time may be looked
for. A fine musical programme will be
rendered in the ATion's well known style.
MANAGER ENGLISH went mp to Pitt
burg last evening TO make arrangements
with the w. w. Bells to play here again
this week. He telegaphed down last
evening that the Bells will cross bats with
the home team Friday and Saturday after
moons.
YESTERDAY morning, in speaking Of
the rumpus between Bob MuldOon and
Pat Fox, in Hoffman's saloon Monday
night, the word ''ranch" was unintentiOn
ally used, as il has no application what
ever to Mr.. HOffman's place. The gentle
man and his friends say his saloon is a
orderly and quiet as the majority Of other:
in the city.
OFFICER DEvLIS last night arrested
Ed Mauion and Buck Kelly on charge o.
stealing coal from the bank of Hobbs
BrOckUnier & Co.'S glass house, and put
them in the lookup. Another youth, al
so stealing at the same time, escaped
Manion and Kelly will have hearing be
fore Squire McCready this morning at II
o'clock. A number Of other arrests will
also he made.
Mr.. WILLIAM II. linn, son Of Mr.. p
linn, of this city, who is proprietor of sew
eral large stores in Boston, called his en-
plOyes together last January and informed
them that as soon rs the present years
business is settled up he would divide with
them One-half the net profits over a certain
sum reserved for himself. This is n wise
proceeding on the part of the employer as
well Us beneficial to the employees.
Mr.. PAT FITZGERALD. one OF the most
popular engineers on the b. q o. East line,
reluctantly consented to enter contest for
gold watch, the proceeds to 90 towards
swelling the receipts of st. Johns fair,
Bellairc. The other contestant is MIR.
James Dennisou, p. & o. engineer, West,
also very popular man. The friends OF
these gentlemen can testify their great
esteem for them and do great good to a
struggling congregation. Ye admiring
friends of Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald will you
see your favorite beaten? No? Then ask
him for q book authorizing you to collect
in his name and don't let up till yOu have
done your best. His opponent is no easy
going man but always gets Tin on time
with a heavy freight.